BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis
- 1 April 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 99 (4), 875-890
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.068122
Abstract
Whether the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality for older adults is the same as for younger adults is unclearKeywords
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